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Dave finally gained some ground on me, but at this point I hear a fat woman singing a sweet tune. Dave last week: 8-0-2 Jim last week: 6-2-2 Dave’s record-to-date: 90-33-25 (.692) Jim’s record-to-date: 100-29-23 (.734) Here are this week’s picks Friday, February 25 Vermont at Boston University Jim’s pick: I think the Cats are playing well … Read more
Boston College and Merrimack may be engaged in a three-way battle with New Hampshire for the Hockey East regular season title, but the Eagles and the Warriors are also engrained in a race that may send one of these two teams west when the NCAA field is announced. Both the Eagles and the Warriors currently … Read more
Players of the week Player of the week: Danny Biega, Harvard Harvard’s sophomore blueliner scored three goals and six points in three games this week, helping the Crimson take a desperately needed four points at Cornell and Brown. Biega began the weekend with the game-winning power-play goal in Ithaca, added Harvard’s lone goal at Colgate … Read more
We’re down the the final 12 games of the Atlantic Hockey season, and there’s still much to be decided. One bye in each scheduling pod is locked up, but the other two are up for grabs. Here’s the lowdown: RIT – The Tigers have clinched first place and a first-round bye. They’ll host the lowest … Read more
Four out of the five conferences have wrapped up their regular season schedules and every single one of those leagues had a different regular season champion than they did last year. Wis. River Falls completed its undefeated regular season with a 22-0-3 mark to claim the NCHA crown. The Falcons are just the second team in … Read more
North Dakota may be ahead by only two points heading into the final two weeks of the regular season but go ahead and send the MacNaughton Cup en route to Houghton, Mich. That’s where the Sioux will clinch the regular season title. UND was up and down after the WCHA schedule resumed in January, going … Read more
On the fly Friday, February 18 Brown 3 at Princeton 7 Brown senior Harry Zolnierczyk tied the game at 1 apiece 6:38 into play, but it was all downhill from there for Bruno as the Tigers scored three straight (twice, actually) to pull away. Seniors Kevin Lohry and Tayler Fedun each scored twice for Princeton, … Read more
It’s All Settled … For Now The regular season is over. For six teams, the second season begins. But first, a look back at what transpired this past weekend. The first key match-up of the weekend was Buffalo State at Morrisville. It turned out to be a case of the freshman goaltender outdoing the senior … Read more
As the regular season draws to a close, here are 15 seniors whose contributions made the CCHA a more interesting place during the last four years. Most of these are guys who won’t show up on any end-of-season league awards radar, but who will be missed nonetheless. Nanooks defenseman Bryant Molle (Penticton, B.C.) and forward … Read more
Adrian earned a first-round bye in the Harris Cup playoffs by sweeping Milwaukee School of Engineering on the road this weekend, which may have caught observers by surprise, but not the Bulldogs faithful. Adrian’s 3-1 triumph Friday night clinched the team’s fourth-consecutive regular-season crown, as the Bulldogs held a 2-0-1 head-to-head series edge, which would … Read more
With the exception of the postponed Wentworth-Curry game Saturday, regular season play has ended in the ECAC Northeast. The good news is most of the Curry players appear to be out of the hospital following a scary incident after Thursday’s game at Johnson and Wales. No makeup date has been announced. The Colonels have already … Read more
Three RIT streaks came to an end and Canisius moved into the role of spoiler last weekend, as the Atlantic Hockey playoff picture began to clear. To recap: Canisius was shut out for the third consecutive game on Thursday in a 3-0 loss to Niagara. But on Saturday, the Griffs exploded for six goals and … Read more
The landscape in the CCHA changed only a little over the weekend and with one weekend to go, the regular-season title and last two first-round byes are up for grabs. Ferris State-Notre Dame. For the 10th time in program history, the Fighting Irish have reached 20 wins with a sweep over the Bulldogs, 3-2 and … Read more
Even though Merrimack, Maine and Boston University were the three teams to sweep series this past weekend, I’m going to argue that the big winners were Merrimack and New Hampshire and not the Black Bears or the Terriers. It all has to do with Northeastern stunning number-one-ranked Boston College by taking three of four points … Read more
Well, that weekend was slightly more predictable, but we still had a few surprises in store. Bemidji State took three from Colorado College – This. This right here is an example of said surprises and a result that neither Tyler nor I saw. – Friday was an offensive explosion and, as BSU coach Tom Serratore … Read more
The regular season is over. Since February has played out like it’s already the playoffs and virtually nothing was locked up entering the weekend, the unofficial playoffs called the regular season in February came to a conclusion on Saturday, and now the intensity and stakes go up considerably entering the real conference tournaments. So here is a … Read more
Today’s game between Wentworth and Curry has been postponed, according to the Colonels’ athletic website. The game was the final regular season contest for both teams and was set to take place at 4:35 in Milton, Mass. No makeup date has been announced. The postponement comes after 28 Curry players were hospitalized for nitrous dioxide … Read more
Here’s a look at the final weekend of ECAC Northeast play and what’s on deck for the MASCAC as well. ECAC Northeast Saturday, Feb. 19 Suffolk at Western New England: A fight for the last playoff spot, as Western New England’s 3-1 win over Nichols Wednesday moved them into a tie with the Rams, who … Read more
I was a less-than-superlative 2-3 in last week’s picks, which I blame on Valentine’s Day. I had love in my eye instead of the requisite analytical lens that enables me to critically size up teams in their respective encounters. The end result included missteps in picking a surging Wisconsin-Stevens Point beating Wisconsin-Stout at home Feb. … Read more
Well, I had a pretty awesome week with my picks last weekend, going 16-2-3 (.833). That brings me on the season to 150-49-20 (.731). We’ve got two weeks left in the season before the playoffs start, and the Pairwise has changed little in the last month. However, there could be some interesting position-jockeying in the … Read more